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Photo: Eduardo Calderon
Benkei, the Priest Warrior
Photo: Eduardo Calderon

Benkei, the Priest Warrior

Date17th century
Object number49.257
Photo CreditPhoto: Eduardo Calderon
Exhibition HistoryPasadena, California, Pacific Asian Museum, "Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings from OTSU", May 19, 1999 - November 21, 1999 Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 137Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 202 (listed and discussed as J32.42.13, but J32.42.12 is pictured) "Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 138
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection "Gift to a City: Masterworks From the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, no. 138.
Dimensions13 1/16 x 9 1/8 in. (33.1 x 23.1 cm)
MediumInk and color on paper with clay and shell wash
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